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Women’s

Health 101Don’t wait until someone

you know gets sick for

you to take a proactive

role in your health. Take

steps now to prevent

disease and help

you live a long andhealthy life. By Scott LeCates

ScienceUpdate

I don’t hav anything to war to shool.” “I ndthat rport by lunh.” “I nd to b at prati by5.” “What’s or dinnr?” “My tummy hurts.” Soundamiliar? With multipl rols in th amily, onstant

srutiny and prssur in thir prossional livs and th

unair (and unhalthy) physial apparan xptationsratd by mdia and soity, it’s no wondr so manywomn pla thir nds and halth on th bak burnro li’s grind. And, thy don’t gnrally think about it unti lsomon thy know or thy thmslvs bom sik.

Unlik mn, womn will undrgo many mor dramatiphysiologial hangs during thir livs. changs inhormons at vrything rom skin’s apparan andlastiity to bon and ardiovasular halth. Althoughwomn s and ar most likly to rspond to thsuprial ts o drasd hormons du to aging,thy otn orgt th intrnal ts. Hart disas isth numbr on killr o womn in th Unitd Stats andostoporosis ats millions. Th good nws is, thr

ar tiv prvntativ masurs womn an tak

to rdu thir risk or ths disass, but thy hav tomak thir nds and halth a top priority. Max MuslSports Nutrition is hr to hlp along th way.

The ChangeIt’s invitabl that a woman will go through mnopaus

at som point in hr li, typially som tim btwn tharly 40s and mid 50s. During this priod th drasinglvls o strogn and progstron an aus a varityo notiabl symptoms. Ths inlud hot fashs,rqunt bladdr intions, vaginal drynss, whihan lad to painul intrours; troubl slping, moodhangs, loss o musl tissu and inrasd abdominalat. But two ommon undrlying halth problms arbon loss and hart disas.

Aording to th National Institut on Aging, “strognhlps ontrol bon loss, so losing strogn around thtim o mnopaus auss womn to bgin to los morbon than is rplad. In tim, bons an bom wakand brak asily (a ondition alld ostoporosis).” Also,

hangs in strogn and thyroid hormons an lad to



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Eight million

women have

osteoporosis (as

compared to 2

million men), and

another 27 million

women have

low bone massputting them at

increased risk.

an inras in holstrol and bloodprssur. So, it appars mnopausis a atalyst or srious halth issusas womn ag.

But, there is hope. Thankfully,there are many ways to help reduce

th symptoms o mnopaus anddras th risks or ostoporosisand ardiovasular disas. Onis Hormon Rplamnt Thrapy,usd to balan hormons andrdu mnopausal symptoms. Onlya dotor an tll you i this is a goodoption or you as thr ar halthrisks assoiatd with this tratmnt.

I this is not a rout you wish to tak,hr ar som othr suggstions thathav bn provn tiv: don’tsmok, at a halthy dit low in at,high in br, whol-grain oods, andvitamins and minrals; gt nough

alium and vitamin D in your dit,larn what your halthy wight isand try to stay thr (a Max Muslcrtid Sports Nutritionist an hlpyou with this), do wight-baringxriss at last v days a wk

or halthy bons and b physiallyativ or your gnral halth.Othr things to rmmbr inlud

taking mdiin to lowr bloodprssur and holstrol, i yourdotor prsribs it or you. Us awatr-basd vaginal lubriant (notptrolum jlly) to hlp with vaginaldisomort. Gt rgular plviand brast xams, pap tsts andmammograms. You should also bhkd or olon and rtal anr,as wll as skin anr. It an bovrwhlming to gt ths tsts andhks don rgularly, but i it is

worth it to hang th oil and ltrsin your ar it is mor than worth itto maintain a halthy you, don’t youthink?

Womn’s Halth Amria, anorganization ddiatd to duatingwomn about halth ar options,rommnds th ollowing altrnativtratmnts: to rdu hot fashs andnight swats, supplmnt with Blakcohosh (15 to 30 mg) thr tims prday and Vitamin e (400 to 800 IU) andcalium (1,500 mg) daily. To rdumood hangs, onsidr Holy Basil.Long rgardd as th most sardhrb in Ayurvdi mdiin, this hrban optimiz physial and motionalstrss lvls by drasing th strsshormon ortisol. At Max MuslSports Nutrition, look or produtslik Max Nutrautial’s Max MoodHoly Basil, Blak cohosh, Vitamin e,Womn 45+, and chwabl calium

or Liquid calium Magnsium Zincomplx.

Bone Health Aording to th NationalOstoporosis Foundation (NOF), 8million womn hav ostoporosis(as ompard to 2 million mn), andanothr 27 million womn hav lowbon mass putting thm at inrasdrisk. Ths gurs suggst that 55prnt o all Amrian womn, 50yars o ag or oldr, ar thratndby this ondition. Ostoporosis, as

mntiond arlir, lads to bonragility and inrasd susptibilityo raturs, spially hip, spinand wrist. To ompound this issu,hip raturs latr in li tnd to bvry diult to ovrom and arotn prmanntly dbilitating.

Most popl ar unawar thatbons ar mad o a living tissuthat is ontinuously braking downand rbuilding. Undrstanding andsupporting this pross is ritial toprvnting bon ompliations latr

in li. Muh lik musl tissu, tokp bon tissu strong you mustwork th tissu. To do that, youshould prorm a wight-baringxris daily. Th simpl rul hris just do som ativity that rsultsin moving your body wight suh asa 30-minut walk. Howvr, litingwights has vn gratr bntson bon halth. Kp in mind thatyling and swimming, though grator your hart, ar not nssarily awight-baring xriss.

As a living tissu, bon nds

nutrints othrwis it will not



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proprly hal and rovr rom dailybrakdown. Most popl knowabout th importan o aliumor bon halth but ovrlook thadditional ompounds o whih bonis omprisd. A uniqu supplmntdsignd to dlivr an abundano what th body nds or bonrovry and halth is mirorystallinhydroxyapatit. This is a omplxthat ontains all th natural nutritionalrsidus ound in bon, suh asalium, phosphorous, magnsium,minral omplx, ollagn, bonamino aids, glyosaminoglyonsand a broad tra minral omplxthat provids th natural bon ratios.Instad o supplmnting with sixdirnt produts or bon halth,onsidr adding Max Nutrautial’sMaximum Bon Formula, whihontains this uniqu supplmntplus vitamins c, D and K, Boron,

Novasoy and biofavonoids or anall-nompassing, utting-dgbon support ormula.

Think PinkTh Brast canr Fund rntlyrportd an stimatd 3 millionwomn hav brast anr. Brastanr is th most ommon non-skin anr among womn in thworld and th rats o ourrnhav inrasd hal a prnt ahyar sin 1987. Th Amriancanr Soity (AcS) has idntid

possibl risk ators but nots thatsom womn may hav multiplrisks but may nvr b strikn withthis disas. Typial idntiablrisk ators inlud: gntiprdisposition to gn hangs (alsoknown as gn mutations), amilyhistory, bing ovrwight or obs,lak o physial ativity, arly agmnstruation (bor 12), and/or latmnopaus (atr 55). Th last twoar thought to b risk ators du toth longr xposur to strogn and

progstron during a woman’s li. Although it would b irrsponsiblto suggst thr ar any absolutprvntion appliations, thr arsom ations that rdu th risknotably. Th AcS rommndsmaintaining a halthy wight andavoiding xssiv wight gain,limiting onsumption o alohol,having rgular OB/GYN xaminationsand ngaging in 45 to 60 minuts ophysial ativity 5 or mor days prwk. Th Womn’s Halth Initiativound that as littl as 2.5 hours o

brisk walking pr wk rdud a

woman’s brast anr risk by 18prnt.

Saving th bst nws or last,a vry intrsting study rlasdby Bkman Rsarh Instituto city o Hop suggsts sompromis in atual prvntion throughsupplmntation. In lls, a protinalld aromatas produs strogn,and in brast anr patints, somtumors hav abnormally high lvlso aromatas. This study ound thatth ompound proyanidin B dimrprvnts th aromatas ativitypathway rom bing omplt. Thisompound whn administrd orallyrdud tumor siz within 6 wkswith a dos o 700 mg pr day.

This study suggsts a possiblusul ompound in th prvntion/ tratmnt o strogn-dpndntbrast tumors, whih mak up anstimatd 60 to 75 prnt o total

brast anr tumors. So whr doyou nd this ompound? It’s oundin abundan in rd win and grapsd xtrat. Adding a supplmntsuh as Max Nutrautial’s GrapSd extrat is highly rommndd.This partiular produt is rih inproanthoyanidins and is dnitlyworth th invstmnt, spially ia woman has on or mor o thidntiabl risk ators.

A Healthy Heart As prviously statd, hart disas

is th numbr on killr o womnin Amria. A rnt National HalthInstitut rport shows womnar at mor risk or hart andardiovasular disas thn mn.Svn in 100 womn ags 25 to 44hav som typ o hart disas and11 in 100 womn hav hyprtnsion.Ths gurs ris to 26 in 100 and51 in 100 rsptivly atr thag o 65. Ralizing womn hav a50/50 han o ontrating on oths illnsss in thir litim, and

possibly both, it would sm mostwomn would do vrything possiblto avoid ths issus. Howvr, mostwomn ar unawar that simplprvntativ masurs arlir in lian pay hug dividnds latr in li.

Muh lik an IRA o Halth, thrar now a numbr o invstmnthois to urthr improv urrntand utur hart and ardiovasularhalth. Poliosanol is ast bominga natural altrnativ to prsriptionmdiation or holstrol support.On o th most positiv aspts o

this ingrdint is it dos not aus

a diny in coQ10. A dinyo coQ10 (whih otn ours withprsription mdiation) will rsult insvr ahs and pains. Poliosanolis a mixtur o nin aliphati aloholsormulatd to maintain halthy lvlso both LDL and HDL holstrollvls. coQ10, Niain, Garli andGrap Sd extrat ar also highlytiv ingrdints in not onlysupporting halthy holstrol lvlsbut protting against damagausd by toxins. By ombining thsuniqu ingrdints, a woman angratly inras hr ardiovasularhalth. Try Max Nutrautial’sHalthy Hart cholstrol complxand Max Nutrautial’s cardioSupport, whih ombin all ths

ingrdints plus B Vitamins and

hart halthy omga ats or supriorardiovasular maintnan. Thsproduts an go a long way tounlog thos artris, but don’torgt th importan o gtting yourlipid lvls hkd and rviwdby your physiian. Supplmnts arnot mant to rpla prsriptionlipid-lowring mdiins, so plasollow your physiian’s instrutions.To rad mor about what you an doto prvnt hart disas visit www.womnshalth.gov/harttruth.

Thr ar no absoluts in thworld o halth, but minimizing riskthrough prvntion is th bst wayto hdg your bts or a halthir,longr li. Th tam at MMSN hasbn ommittd to that philosophyor mor than 16 yars and ontinusto bring halthy, sa and provnproduts to you. W hop som othis inormation was valuabl to youor a lovd on and plas l rto visit your loal MMSN stor andthir crtiid Nutrition Spialistor mor halthul inormation.

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in the world of health,

but minimizing risk

through prevention

is the best way to

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